Scale



A ril 9, 1935. c. B. HASKINS SCALE Filed April 10, 1931 H INVENTOR BY AWORNE? Patented Apr. 9, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SCALE poration of New York Application April 10, 1931, Serial No. 529,092

1 Claim.

This case relates to weighing scales and particularly to transmitting connections between the load support and the counterbalancing system.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel transmitting connection between the base lever system and the counterbalancing means.

More specifically, the object is to provide a novel movement multiplying connection b tween a counting beam and a counterbalancing mechanism.

Still more specifically, the object is to provide a novel pulley connection between two scale parts.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will be obvious from the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying the invention or from an inspection of the accompanying drawing; and the invention also constitutes certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the scale with parts removed to show the interior construction.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the pulley connection between the two scale parts.

In greater detail, the scale comprises a platform I 0 on which the load is placed. The platform is connected to any suitable base lever system I l which in turn acts upon the draft rod 1 2 to rock an intermediate beam l3 on its pivot I4.

The right hand end of beam l3 as viewed in Fig. 1 has removably suspended therefrom a ratio pan I5. The left hand end of beam I3 is connected to a tape l6 attached through a, horizontal equalizer element I! to a pair of vertically extending tapes I 8 each of which is wound around and connected to a pulley 20 fast to a shaft 2| which is journalled in bearings 22 fixed to the scale frame. Shaft 2| has fast thereto between the pulleys 20 a, larger pulley 23 on which is wound a tape 25 attached at its upper end to the cam sector 26 of a pendulum 21. Connections between this pendulum 21 and a companion pendulum 21 and an indicator system is the same as disclosed in Patent No. 1,777,873.

In operation, a load placed on the platform l0 actuates the base lever system H and draft rod l2 to rock the beam [3 counterclockwise as viewed in Fig. 1 thereby rotating shaft 2! through pulleys 20. This causes a corresponding rotation of the larger pulley 23 to actuate the pendulum and indicator system to indicate the load on the platform.

An article placed in the ratio pan l5 rocks the beam l3 clockwise as viewed in Fig. 1 and tends to turn the indicator in a direction opposite that in which it is turned by a load on platform I0. The effect of a load on pan I5 is designed to have twenty-five times the effect of the same load when placed on platform It; thus one article in the pan IE will counterbalance twenty-five of the same articles on the platform II].

For ordinary weighing purposes, the indicator 29 cooperates with dial 30 to show the total weight on platform It). When used for counting purposes, an unknown number of articles is placed on platform 10. Enough articles are then placed in pan l5 to bring the indicator 29 to zero on the dial 30. The number of articles on the platform is then 25 times the number of articles in pan l5. Thus, if there are ten articles in the latter, there are 250 on platform 10.

The connect-ion between the beam l3 and pendulum indicating system which comprises pulleys 20 and 23 affords a simple and novel means for multiplying the movement of the beam l3 with respect to the movement of the tape 25 connected to the pendulum system.

While there has been shown and described and. pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a single modification, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is the intention therefore to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

In a scale, a load support, a base lever system operated thereby, automatic pendulum counterbalancing means including a power sector, an indicator driven by the pendulum means, a beam between the base lever system and the counterbalancing means, a pair of co-axially mounted pulley members, one of larger diameter than the other, a, tape connection between the beam and the smaller member, and a second tape connection between the larger member and said power sector, whereby said members effect multiplication of movement of the pendulum means and the indicator with respect to movement of the beam.

CLIFFORD B. HASKENS. 

